Dedication
TO
SIR CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH
KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER
OF
ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE
AND FORMERLY
GOVERNOR OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
THIS BOOK IS (BY PERMISSION)
DEDICATED
Epigraph
“The cry of hosts [we] humour
Ah! slowly, toward the light.”
Rudyard Kipling.